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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
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• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 375 F degrees. | 2. To make the cake, combine the powdered sugar and cake flour. | 3. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on high speed, beat the egg whites, cream of tartar, vanilla extract, almond extract, and salt until well mixed and soft peaks form. | 4. Beat in the sugar, a little at a time, and beat until stiff but not dry. | 5. With a rubber spatula, fold in the dry ingredients until the flour is just incorporated. | 6. Pour the mixture into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan, shaking the pan lightly. | 7. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the top springs back when touched and is golden brown. | 8. Invert the pan onto a bottle or funnel and cool completely. | 9. To assemble, using a serrated knife, cut the cake into three layers. | 10. Sprinkle each layer with some of the amaretto. | 11. Place one layer on a serving plate. | 12. Spread the pistachio ice cream on the bottom layer and top with the second layer. | 13. Spread the chocolate ice cream on the second layer and top with the third layer. | 14. Freeze the cake for 20 to 30 minutes, or until set. | 15. Meanwhile, to make the topping, in a chilled bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the heavy cream and the remaining amaretto until it forms soft peaks. | 16. Spread on the top and sides of the cake. | 17. Return to the freezer. | 18. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, over low heat, melt the chocolate chips, stirring until smooth. | 19. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. | 20. Pour the melted chocolate onto the prepared pan, spreading it 1/4 inch thick. | 21. Let chocolate set for 15 minutes. | 22. Using an oiled heart shaped cookie cutter, cut out hearts. | 23. Place them on top of the cake. | 24. Keep cake in the freezer until ready to serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
sugar	1 1/4	cups	sifted powdered	399.75	75.01	12.5125	6.24
cake flour	1	cup		495.94	106.9011	11.234000000000002	1.1782
egg white	15			257.4	3.6135	53.955	0.8415
cream tartar	1 1/2	1/2		11.61	2.7675	0.0	0.0
vanilla extract	1 1/2	1/2		18.144000000000002	0.797	0.0038	0.0038
almond extract	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
sugar	1	cup	granulated	399.75	75.01	12.5125	6.24
amaretto	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
pistachio ice cream	1		softened	-	-	-	-
chocolate ice cream	1	pint	softened	-	-	-	-
heavy cream	2	cups		816.0	6.5760000000000005	6.816	86.59200000000001
chocolate chip	1	cup	semi-sweet	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.